Customs Receipt

Printed form, completed in brush and ink, issued by the Canton Customs to certify that a foreign merchant ship with goods bound for America had paid its customs dues, and would not be subject to further official demands or detention if it need to make unexpected stops on the Chinese coast. The form records that the ship had 16 crew, 4 cannon, 10 muskets, and 200 catties of gunpowder. The name of the ship’s captain is recorded phonetically in Chinese characters. The form is dated 31st October, 1824. Prior to the First Opium War and the Treaty of Nanking, China permitted maritime trade with European and American merchants only through the port of Canton (Guangzhou).

21052B is a bright red paper envelope for the certificate.

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他省，原非耑往貿易，查有丈抽印票即便放

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易。所有丈抽稅餉已經照例完納，合行給牌照驗。爲此，牌給本船商收執。如遇關津要隘汛防處

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夹带違禁貨物。取究未便。須牌。

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